Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Energy and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 1.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Ensign Energy Services Inc . (TO:ESI), which rose 21.30% or 1.44 points to trade at 8.20 at the close. Crew Energy Inc (TO:CR) added 12.40% or 0.47 points to end at 4.26 and First Quantum Minerals Ltd . (TO:FM) was up 10.79% or 0.70 points to 7.19 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Celestica Inc. (TO:CLS), which lost 4.56% or 0.64 points to trade at 13.40 in late trade. CCL Industries Inc (TO:CCLb) declined 4.54% or 10.68 points to end at 224.45 and Concordia Healthcare (TO:CXR) shed 4.52% or 1.50 points to 31.69.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 800 to 570 and 313 ended unchanged on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 3.36% to 17.26 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.09% or 1.10 to $1256.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 4.51% or 1.82 to hit $42.18 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 4.23% or 1.81 to trade at $44.64 a barrel.
CAD/USD was up 1.04% to 0.7834, while CAD/EUR rose 1.24% to 0.6878.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 94.00.